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Distortions in the International Migrant Labor Market: Evidence from Filipino Migration and Wage Responses to Destination Country Economic Shocks

McKenzie, David; Theoharides, Caroline; Yang, Dean - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 6 (2014) 2, pp. 49-75

We use an original panel dataset of migrant departures from the Philippines to identify the responsiveness of migrant numbers and wages to GDP shocks in destination countries. We find a large, significant response of migrant numbers to GDP shocks at destination, but no significant wage response....

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Task Specialization, Immigration, and Wages

Peri, Giovanni; Sparber, Chad - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 1 (2009) 3, pp. 135-69

Large inflows of less educated immigrants may reduce wages paid to comparably-educated, native-born workers. However, if less educated foreign- and native-born workers specialize in different production tasks, because of different abilities, immigration will cause natives to reallocate their...

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Low-Skilled Immigration and the Labor Supply of Highly Skilled Women

Cortés, Patricia; Tessada, José - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 3 (2011) 3, pp. 88-123

Low-skilled immigrants represent a significant fraction of employment in services that are close substitutes of household production. This paper studies whether the increased supply of low-skilled immigrants has led high-skilled women, who have the highest opportunity cost of time, to change...

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Intergenerational Networks, Unemployment, and Persistent Inequality in South Africa

Magruder, Jeremy R. - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2 (2010) 1, pp. 62-85

This paper examines the importance of network-based intergenerational correlations in South Africa. I use longitudinal data on young South Africans to examine the covariance of children's employment with the usefulness of parents in their job search. I find that fathers serve as useful network...

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Subsidizing Vocational Training for Disadvantaged Youth in Colombia: Evidence from a Randomized Trial

Attanasio, Orazio; Kugler, Adriana; Meghir, Costas - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 3 (2011) 3, pp. 188-220

This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for disadvantaged youth introduced in Colombia in 2005. This randomized trial offers a unique opportunity to examine the impact of training in a middle income country. We use originally collected data on individuals randomly...

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Legal Status and the Criminal Activity of Immigrants

Mastrobuoni, Giovanni; Pinotti, Paolo - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 7 (2015) 2, pp. 175-206

We exploit exogenous variation in legal status following the January 2007 European Union enlargement to estimate its effect on immigrant crime. We difference out unobserved time-varying factors by (i) comparing recidivism rates of immigrants from the "new" and "candidate" member countries; and...

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Immigrants' Labor Supply and Exchange Rate Volatility

Nekoei, Arash - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 5 (2013) 4, pp. 144-64

Are an immigrant's decisions affected in real time by her home country's economy? I examine this question by exploiting exchange rate variations as exogenous price shocks to immigrants' budget constraints. I find that in response to a 10 percent dollar appreciation, an immigrant decreases her...

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Selection and Economic Gains in the Great Migration of African Americans: New Evidence from Linked Census Data

Collins, William J.; Wanamaker, Marianne H. - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 6 (2014) 1, pp. 220-52

The onset of World War I spurred the "Great Migration" of African Americans from the US South, arguably the most … were the migrants' gains? Did migration narrow the racial gap in economic status? We find evidence of positive selection …, but the migrants' gains were large. A substantial amount of black-white convergence in this period is attributable to …

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Age at Arrival, English Proficiency, and Social Assimilation among US Immigrants

Bleakley, Hoyt; Chin, Aimee - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2 (2010) 1, pp. 165-92

Are the English proficiency and social outcomes of US immigrants the result of their cultural preferences or of more fundamental constraints? Using 2000 census microdata, we relate the English proficiency, marriage, fertility, and residential location variables of immigrants to their age at the...

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The Impacts of Microfinance: Evidence from Joint-Liability Lending in Mongolia

Attanasio, Orazio; Augsburg, Britta; Haas, Ralph De; … - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 7 (2015) 1, pp. 90-122

We present evidence from a randomized field experiment in rural Mongolia to assess the poverty impacts of a joint-liability microcredit program targeted at women. We find a positive impact of access to group loans on female entrepreneurship and household food consumption but not on total working...

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